Alex Timbers (born August 7, 1978) is an American two-time Tony-nominated writer and director and the recipient of Golden Globe, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and London Evening Standard Awards, as well as two OBIE and Lucile Lortel Awards.
He is the recipient of the 2019 Drama League Founder's Award for Excellence in Directing and the 2016 Jerome Robbins Award.His Broadway directing credits include Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Beetlejuice, Oh Hello! On Broadway, Rocky, Peter and the Starcatcher (2012 Tony Award nomination for Best Director), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2011 Tony Award nomination for Best Book), and The Pee-wee Herman Show.
His Off-Broadway credits include David Byrne's Here Lies Love, for which he won the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Director, and The Robber Bridegroom, which won the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival.For TV, Timbers directed and executive produced John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City for Netflix.
He is a co-creator of the Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle which won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.
Oh Hello! on Broadway was filmed for Netflix and The Pee-wee Herman Show was filmed for HBO and received a 2011 Emmy nomination.